The amazing human and poet Frank O'Hara

Thanks to Selina for posting one O'Hara poem, which reminded me of this one which I love sharing with friends:

Autobiographia Literaria

When I was a child
I played by myself in a
corner of the schoolyard
all alone.

I hated dolls and I
hated games, animals were
not friendly and birds
flew away.

If anyone was looking
for me I hid behind a
tree and cried out "I am
an orphan."

And here I am, the
center of all beauty!
writing these poems!
Imagine!

Apropos Jane

Just found this hilarious web service that outputs random dialogue from Pride and Prejudice. Input the number of sentences you want, and you'll get lines from Jane Austen herself.

http://jonathanaquino.com/austen.php?sentences=3

It was engineered by Canadian software designer Jon Aquino, who blogs here. He's quite a character, also running poetry podcasts and other blogs on topics like "Cool Tools for Catholics."

Viva technology.